Luxembourg vs San Francisco (Greater): Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications over time
- Luxembourg
- San Francisco (Greater)
How they compare
San Francisco (Greater) currently reports 8,991 Patents against 78.2 Patents in Luxembourg, a difference of 8,913 Patents.
That makes San Francisco (Greater)'s figure about 115.0 times Luxembourg's.
Across all 23 years both countries report, San Francisco (Greater) has been ahead every year.
Luxembourg ranks 1st and San Francisco (Greater) ranks 1st of 1 countries.
San Francisco (Greater) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | San Francisco (Greater) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.66 Patents | 4,982 Patents | 4,940 Patents | San Francisco (Greater) |
| 2010s | 68.26 Patents | 7,492 Patents | 7,424 Patents | San Francisco (Greater) |
| 2020s | 88.27 Patents | 9,680 Patents | 9,591 Patents | San Francisco (Greater) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications, Luxembourg or San Francisco (Greater)?
- San Francisco (Greater), at 8,991 Patents against 78.2 Patents in Luxembourg as of 2022.
- What is the difference in total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications between Luxembourg and San Francisco (Greater)?
- 8,913 Patents, with San Francisco (Greater) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and San Francisco (Greater)?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Luxembourg and San Francisco (Greater) rank globally for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Luxembourg ranks 1st and San Francisco (Greater) ranks 1st of 1 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org